Meads climate

Name: Meads
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Meads is warmest in July, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -2.0 °C. May is the wettest month (118 mm) and October the driest (79 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Meads averages 1,158 mm of rain, 123 days above 25 °C and 70 days below freezing.

United States · 185 m elevation · population 288,649 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 30 °C
Coldest month January -2.0 °C
Driest month October 79 mm
Wettest month May 118 mm
Least cloud September 48 % cloud
Hottest on record August 40 °C
Coldest on record January -31 °C

What to expectMeads through the year

Meads has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 6.2 °C in January to 30 °C in July, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 123 days a year reach 25 °C, 41 of them reach 30 °C, 70 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in August.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 79 mm in October to 118 mm in May. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	6.2 °C	89 mm	70 %
February	8.4 °C	90 mm	70 %
March	13.4 °C	110 mm	65 %
April	19.5 °C	105 mm	61 %
May	23.4 °C	118 mm	61 %
June	27.8 °C	108 mm	57 %
July	29.7 °C	107 mm	55 %
August	29.3 °C	83 mm	51 %
September	26.1 °C	90 mm	48 %
October	20.0 °C	79 mm	51 %
November	13.3 °C	83 mm	58 %
December	8.0 °C	96 mm	70 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	6.2 °C	-2.0 °C	1.4 °C	23.6 °C	-31.0 °C	0	0	20
February	8.4 °C	-1.0 °C	2.9 °C	24.9 °C	-25.7 °C	0	0	17
March	13.4 °C	2.9 °C	7.4 °C	29.1 °C	-21.4 °C	1	0	10
April	19.5 °C	8.4 °C	13.3 °C	30.0 °C	-3.8 °C	5	0	1
May	23.4 °C	13.6 °C	18.1 °C	33.0 °C	-0.9 °C	13	1	0
June	27.8 °C	18.2 °C	22.6 °C	39.2 °C	7.9 °C	24	8	0
July	29.7 °C	20.3 °C	24.6 °C	38.7 °C	13.7 °C	29	14	0
August	29.3 °C	19.7 °C	24.1 °C	39.7 °C	12.7 °C	29	12	0
September	26.1 °C	16.3 °C	20.7 °C	36.9 °C	5.8 °C	18	6	0
October	20.0 °C	10.3 °C	14.5 °C	34.3 °C	-0.6 °C	5	0	0
November	13.3 °C	4.5 °C	8.1 °C	27.3 °C	-8.6 °C	0	0	6
December	8.0 °C	0.4 °C	3.5 °C	23.2 °C	-15.0 °C	0	0	16

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	89 mm	11	9.8 h/day	70 %	69 %	16 km/h
February	90 mm	10	11 h/day	70 %	68 %	16 km/h
March	110 mm	12	12 h/day	65 %	67 %	17 km/h
April	105 mm	12	13 h/day	61 %	68 %	17 km/h
May	118 mm	13	14 h/day	61 %	75 %	14 km/h
June	108 mm	13	15 h/day	57 %	74 %	13 km/h
July	107 mm	14	15 h/day	55 %	75 %	11 km/h
August	83 mm	11	14 h/day	51 %	74 %	11 km/h
September	90 mm	8	12 h/day	48 %	72 %	12 km/h
October	79 mm	8	11 h/day	51 %	70 %	14 km/h
November	83 mm	9	10 h/day	58 %	70 %	15 km/h
December	96 mm	10	9.5 h/day	70 %	72 %	16 km/h

How Meads compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Meads	30 °C	-2.0 °C	1,158 mm	123
Lexington · United States	30 °C	-2.4 °C	1,209 mm	120
Columbus · United States	29 °C	-5.4 °C	1,070 mm	104
Cincinnati · United States	29 °C	-4.2 °C	1,085 mm	112

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Meads.

QuestionsCommon questions about Meads’s climate

When is the best time to visit Meads?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and October the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Meads get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 41 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -2.0 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 70 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Meads?

May, averaging 118 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is October with 79 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,158 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Meads rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 38.413°, -82.709° , 185 m above sea level (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.